usual suspects...
Justin Foster
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Title:
usual suspects...
Creator:
Justin Foster
Date:
9/20/2003
Text:
In my uneducated opinion,
Everything is not good in our profession. I think it would be smart to look
for ways to do things differently, instead of getting upset when a brace rep
fits a prophylactic ACL brace on a 20y/o football player at the local
college (guess what... they used the same brace and got the same result the
C.O. would have - only for less $$$, with better service. Gee I wonder why
this is happening). Mr. Joe Sansone wrote a great article about this a few
months back... Anyway, if that is what people really want to do, I am sure a
brace company would be glad to hire an orthotist to complete similar tasks.
They might even give you a year-end bonus for selling a certain quantity,
but I don't know for sure about that... (this is not meant to be offensive
to brace reps, I got a very nice reply from one assuring that they are not
all from the same mold - it IS meant to be offensive to certain orthotists!)
I will make a deal with the list and my entire chosen profession... there is
a food bank down the street from the office which I pass by on my way to
purchase a $5 lunch nearly every day. When I see an orthotist or prosthetist
in that line, because they can't make it anymore, and can no longer provide
for their family, on THAT DAY I will stop harping on our high reimbursements
and lack of value in our service. We are all privileged and I suspect doing
just fine. We do not need to rip people off for any more than that.
Most people want to be rich, but it is not fair to take advantage of the
captive audience which we work with every day. For a multitude of social,
economic and human reasons, we are in a position of too much power, and it
is too easy to abuse for $$$ gain. The future is certain, people will
continue to pay money for needed services, and those among us who provide a
needed service at a reasonable price will continue to have jobs... probably
even good jobs, we just may not be rich. I know from the 50/50 responses
from this list that there are good people out there who may not agree
(understatement of the year) with everything I think, but that do have a
heart and a passion for doing good work (whatever their motivation). To
those people, thank you for making the world a better place and inspiring
the youth in this profession to do the same.
Sincerely,
Justin Foster
Orthotist/Prosthetist
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Everything is not good in our profession. I think it would be smart to look
for ways to do things differently, instead of getting upset when a brace rep
fits a prophylactic ACL brace on a 20y/o football player at the local
college (guess what... they used the same brace and got the same result the
C.O. would have - only for less $$$, with better service. Gee I wonder why
this is happening). Mr. Joe Sansone wrote a great article about this a few
months back... Anyway, if that is what people really want to do, I am sure a
brace company would be glad to hire an orthotist to complete similar tasks.
They might even give you a year-end bonus for selling a certain quantity,
but I don't know for sure about that... (this is not meant to be offensive
to brace reps, I got a very nice reply from one assuring that they are not
all from the same mold - it IS meant to be offensive to certain orthotists!)
I will make a deal with the list and my entire chosen profession... there is
a food bank down the street from the office which I pass by on my way to
purchase a $5 lunch nearly every day. When I see an orthotist or prosthetist
in that line, because they can't make it anymore, and can no longer provide
for their family, on THAT DAY I will stop harping on our high reimbursements
and lack of value in our service. We are all privileged and I suspect doing
just fine. We do not need to rip people off for any more than that.
Most people want to be rich, but it is not fair to take advantage of the
captive audience which we work with every day. For a multitude of social,
economic and human reasons, we are in a position of too much power, and it
is too easy to abuse for $$$ gain. The future is certain, people will
continue to pay money for needed services, and those among us who provide a
needed service at a reasonable price will continue to have jobs... probably
even good jobs, we just may not be rich. I know from the 50/50 responses
from this list that there are good people out there who may not agree
(understatement of the year) with everything I think, but that do have a
heart and a passion for doing good work (whatever their motivation). To
those people, thank you for making the world a better place and inspiring
the youth in this profession to do the same.
Sincerely,
Justin Foster
Orthotist/Prosthetist
_________________________________________________________________
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Citation
Justin Foster, “usual suspects...,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221848.
